Ticket-cutter.



PATENTED AUG. 13. 1907. E.'D. FRII'CH a G. DREWRY.

TICKET GUTTER. 4APPLIGATION FILED APE. a. 1907= THE NoRRls PETERS cn.. wAsHINcfoN. n, c.

UNITED sragsfpgnnr OFFICE.

EDMUND D. FRITCH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND GEORGE DREWRY, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

TICKET-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

I Application filed April 6, 1907. Serial No. 366,826.

Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Im` provements in Ticket-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to construct a ticket cutter' adapted for universal use with the many different forms of tickets, of the combined' character, which are formed from blanks having the names of aseries of stations printed in duplicate thereon in two parallel adjacent columns, and adapted to be severed longitudinally between the columns.

Railroad tickets, such asy just described` vary as to their form, although they are all constructed on the same general principle, and the primary object therefor of the device is to provide a ticket cutter which will properly sever all different forms of tickets.

Another object of the device is in so arranging the parts that the ticket may be easily adjusted in the proper position to be severed.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing Figure l is a perspective elevation of my device; Fig. 2 is a plan view; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a cross section en line 4 4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of another form of my device; and Fig. G is a cross section on line 6,6 of Fig. 5.

Referring now specifically to the drawing, 7 is a base board preferably of rectangular form and grooved longitudinally, as shown at S, the groove terminating a little short of either end of the base board. As a means for severing the ticket a blade 9 is provided which is beveled on one of its edges, 9, to form a sharp edge,'and having a severing point l0, substantially intermediate of its length, that is preferably formed integral therewith. A handle ll is secured to the blade in any suitable manner for adjusting it in its desired position. The blade is adapted to have a longitudinal sliding movement relative to the base board, and is confined to the base board in the following manner: A bail or guide-rod 12 is slidably seated within the groove, it having upturned ends 13 which are riveted to the ends of the blade 9, or secured thereto in any other suitable manner. Substantially intermediate of the length of the base board a counter sunk portion 14 is formed in which is seated a base plate l5, herein shown of metal, the base plate lying level with the top portion of the base board, and secured thereto by means of the screws 1G. The base plate lies immediately under the blade and slightly above the bail so that the blade may be raised free from the plate I5 and the base board 7, in order that a ticket o1` the like may be inserted under the blade.

As a means for bringing a ticket in its proper positionA relative tO the base, at one side of the base plate the angle ends 0r stops I7 are formed, which are preferably V`constructed integral therewith, whereby a ticket may be readily adjusted on the base plate to bring it into proper position for the blade and severing point to operate thereon.

In Fig. 5 another construction is shown, which is the `preferred form of our device, and it consists of a base board IS provided with a longitudinal groove 19 disposed centrally thereof, the same as the base board 7, and at the bottom of the groove the springs 2() are seated in countersunk portions 21 formed in the base board. Resting upon the top of the springs 20 is a strip 22', which may be composed of wood or any other suitable material, and is of substantially the same length and width as the longitudinal groove. Seated upon the strip 22 and movable longitudinally relative thereto is a bail 23 that, in the preferred construction as herein shown, is composed of wood, it having lugs 24 at both its ends to which a blade, similar to blade 9, is secured by means of the screws 25. The base plate in this construction is identical with the base plate I5, lying directly under the blade, and in this construction the normal tension of the springs press the bail 24 against the under side of the base plate so as to always bring the blade slightly above the base plate and thereby the blade is at all times in a position so that a ticket can be readily inserted under the same; and it is understood in both constructions that the blade is movable longitudinally relative to the base board.

The operation and use of the device is as follows: A ticket, such as described, is inserted underneath the blade and its edges moved in contact with the angle ends of the base plate so as to bring the ticket in a registering position therewith, anduthen by means of the handle ll the blade and severing point are moved so as to bring the severing point into registration with the passenger-s destination as shown on the ticket, then by a slight pressure the blade is brought down so as to press the ticket against the base plate whereupon by grasping the edge of the ticket it may be readily severed in the usual manner. On account of the many forms of tickets which are of substantially the same dimensions, they differing only in the markings thereon, tickets of different forms may be much more read ily severed where they are first placed in a proper position on the base board and then moving the blade and severing point, than where the blade and severing pointiare stationary relative to the base board and the ticket has to be moved in its proper position; for the reason that the alinenient of the ticket in the first instance is accomplished by means of the base plate, and in the second instance a true alinement of the ticket depends upon the operators eye.

It is obvious from the description and from the drawing that We do not limit ourselves to the precise construction as shown in the drawing, nor as to the detailed arrangement of the parts, and therefore Without confining ourselves specically to the construction shown and described,

We claim:

l. A ticket cutter comprising a base board, a blade having a severing point thereon and movable longitudinally relative to said hase board, and yielding means for normally holding said blade above said base board, substantally as described.

2. In a ticket cutter, the combination of a base board provided with a longitudinal groove, a base plate spanning said longitudinal groove, a guide-rod confined within said groove, and a blade secured to said guiderod and adapted to be moved longitudinally relative to said groove and base plate, substantially as described.

3. In a ticket cutter, the combination of a base board provided with a longitudinal groove centrally thereof, a base plate spanning said longitudinal groove for a portion of its length, a guide-rod confined within said groove and provided with upturned ends, and a blade secured at its ends to said guide-rod and adapted to be moved longitudinally relativo to said groove and base plate, substantially as described.

4. In a 'ticket cutter, the combination of a base board provided with a groove, a guide-rod within said groove, said guiderod having upturned ends, a base plate secured to said base board and spanning said groove whereby said guide-rod is held therein, a blade having a severing point and secured at its ends to the upturned ends of said guiderod, and means to yieldingly hold said blade above said base plate, substantially as described.

` In a ticket cutter, the combination of a base board provided with a groove, a guide-rod within said groove, a base plate secured to said base board and spanning said groove whereby said guided-od is held therein, a blade provided with a sharp edge and severing point, said blade secured at its ends to said guide-rod and above said base plate, and means for yieldingly holding said blade above said base plate, substantially as described.

EDMUND D. FRITCH.

, GEORGE DREWRY.

Witnesses to signature of Edmund D. Fritch:

FREDERICK C. GoonwiN,

JAMES R. OFFIELD. Witnesses to signature of George Drewry:

R. A. MEADE,

W. N. BROWN. 

